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The History of Cyclodextrins

  • Contains educative and detailed history of cyclodextrin chemistry
  • Reviews advanced applications of cyclodextrins for drug, food, agriculture and environment
  • Presents applications of nanoparticles stabilized by cyclodextrins

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World (ECSW, volume 52)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. History of Cyclodextrins

    • Nadia Morin-Crini, Sophie Fourmentin, Éva Fenyvesi, Eric Lichtfouse, Giangiacomo Torri, Marc Fourmentin et al.
    Pages 1-93
  3. Professor József Szejtli: The Godfather of Cyclodextrins

    • Grégorio Crini, Éva Fenyvesi, Lajos Szente
    Pages 95-155
  4. Professor Casu and Cyclodextrins

    • Giangiacomo Torri, Annamaria Naggi, Grégorio Crini
    Pages 157-179
  5. History of Cyclodextrin Production in Hungary

    • Éva Fenyvesi, Gábor Seres, Lajos Szente
    Pages 181-218
  6. Metal Nanoparticles and Cyclodextrins for Catalytic Applications

    • Sébastien Noël, Anne Ponchel, Samahe Sadjadi, Eric Monflier, Bastien Léger
    Pages 219-279
  7. Cyclodextrin-Based Polymers for Food and Pharmaceutical Applications: A Historical Review

    • Max Petitjean, Iñigo X. García-Zubiri, José Ramón Isasi
    Pages 281-304
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 395-401

About this book

This book presents the historical development of Cyclodextrins by scientists who have made outstanding contribution to the field. Cyclodextrins are safe, cage-like molecules that have found major applications in many industrial sectors such as medicine, food, agriculture, environment and chemistry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chrono-environnement, UMR 6249, UFR Sciences et Techniques, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

    Grégorio Crini

  • Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, UR 4492, UCEIV, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Dunkerque, France

    Sophie Fourmentin

  • Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France

    Eric Lichtfouse

About the editors

Dr. Grégorio Crini is environmental polymerist at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France. His research activities focus on the environmental aspects of cyclodextrin chemistry.

Dr. Sophie Fourmentin is Professor at the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, Dunkerque, France. She is President of the French Cyclodextrin Society. Her research works are at the interface between host-guest chemistry and environmental chemistry.

Dr. Eric Lichtfouse, is biogeochemist, Chief Editor and Professor of Scientific Writing at Aix Marseille University, France. He has invented carbon-13 dating and published the book Scientific Writing for Impact Factor Journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The History of Cyclodextrins

  • Editors: Grégorio Crini, Sophie Fourmentin, Eric Lichtfouse

  • Series Title: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49308-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49307-3Published: 30 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49310-3Published: 01 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-49308-0Published: 29 September 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2213-7114

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-7122

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 401

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 84 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Chemistry, Food Science

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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